...be a performance also, out of that which you have. 10 For, if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. IS For I mean not, that other men may be eased, and you burdened : 14 But, by an equality, that now,...

...the want of will, for the will itself, 2 Cor. viii. 12. " For if there be a first willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not." Their groanings, when they cannot well word their desires, are heard in heaven ; the meaning of those...

...v. 24. And thus God judges of them, 2 Cor. viii. 12. ' For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.' 8. Ye are carried out of yourselves into Jesus Christ, Matth. xvi. 24. To a natural man his sweet self...

...and the fheep of his patiure ;" whofe " fceptre is a fceptre of righteoufhefs ;" and who " accepteth according to that a man hath, " and not according to that he hath noth?" Or is it rather the conduct of the ufurper, " whofe own the fheep are not;" and who withholds...

...shouldesl have it ; had I less, thou wouldest not despise it, who " acceptest the gift according'to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. ",,Yea, Lord, what have I but two mites,— a soul and a body! Mere mites! yea, not so much to thine...

...the principle of requiring men to go beyond their power : " If there be first a willing mind it is accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not."* But is it not said, " No man can come to me except the Father — draw him"? I answer, the Scriptures often...

...requires. In all such cases the apostle is clear j 2 Cor. viii. 3. If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. other pretences Having endeavoured to considered. account of the preparation necessary to the Holy...

...the God wh» knows the heart sees sincerity sad true devotion in the worshipper ; it will undoubtedly be accepted, according to that a man hath, and not according to that which he hath not. I commend these discourses to the perusal of all serious Christians,, though of...

...whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 2 Cor. viii. IS. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hatli not. Heb vi. 10. For God is Upt unrighteous, to forget ycur work -ind labour of love, which ye...

...of the offerer. Let all give herein as God has prospered them, for if there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not ; let him not present his first-fruits grudgingly or as of necessity. In these times, it may be peculiarly...